Children's bed rocking chair, what is its convenience and functionality

The quality of sleep affects the health of any child, because it is important for a growing body to sleep, restore strength. Therefore, many parents seriously think about the question of how to choose the most comfortable sleeping bed for their baby. An excellent choice in this matter will be a baby rocking bed, which has a number of indisputable advantages.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the model

The bed with the function of motion sickness is a special design equipped with a swing mechanism. The latter may have several options for implementation, which affects the external aesthetics and features of using furniture.

The presence of such furniture in the children's room greatly facilitates the life of parents. There is no need to rock the baby in her arms; instead, just put him in the crib and start the swing mechanism. This function is very convenient, because the weight of a newborn can reach 5 kg, and if this is an insignificant burden, then the weight of a six-month-old baby already reaches 8-9 kg. Often, mothers get so tired of household chores that there is no strength for the baby's daily motion sickness. That is why manufacturers of children's furniture invented rocking beds, transforming into a regular bed.

If you decide to choose a high-quality, comfortable and at the same time beautiful baby bed, it is important to study thoroughly the features of the rocking chair models. Before buying, weigh the pros and cons. And in order to do this it was as simple as possible, we suggest finding out the main advantages and disadvantages of such furniture.

Among the indisputable advantages, the following can be distinguished:

allows you to facilitate the process of motion sickness of the baby before bedtime;
contributes to a longer sleep of the child, since at its slightest movement the structure begins to swing spontaneously;
long term of use due to the presence of a transformation mechanism. As the baby grows older, you can remove the swing mechanism by transforming the bed into a regular model with legs;
a variety of design, which allows you to choose a model of the actual color, size, configuration;
the wide price range of such furniture allows anyone to choose the right option for themselves.

But you should not close your eyes to some of the disadvantages inherent in cots with the mechanism of motion sickness for babies:

the presence of a rocking crib can cause defects on the flooring, for this reason it is only necessary to install such furniture on the carpet;
during the swinging process, the structure can move around the room if the floor is slippery;
not stable enough, with strong movements of the child, rollover is possible;
in low-quality structures, motion sickness may be uneven;
such designs cannot be placed next to a cabinet or chest of drawers, nor can they be supplemented with shelves;
cost more than regular beds for children.

Design Options

The choice of modern furniture for kids today is quite diverse. But all baby cribs are divided into two types:

curved arches at the base of the crib. You can opt for a rocking crib on runners of varying degrees of curvature. If the runners are strongly rounded, then the structure will swing longer, and any movement of the child will only prolong the process. If the skids are more gentle, then the stability of the structure increases, and the swing swing decreases. Yes, and the process of wiggling itself will stop at the moment when mom stops making efforts to do this. We note one more drawback of such designs: they cannot have shelves, drawers for storing linen;
the pendulum - in such products only the child’s berth is movable, and the bed itself is securely standing on the floor with legs. In this case, the sleeping bed can move across or along the bed, and it is also possible to choose a model with a universal pendulum (the direction of swing can be changed independently). A children's bed with a pendulum is often supplemented with shelves, drawers, a pelenator, which increases the ergonomics and functionality of the product.

Which of the options described is worth considering, parents decide. But it is worth noting that cribs on runners are more affordable.

Pendulum

With curved arcs

Existing sizes and shapes

Variation in the size of modern cribs with the mechanism of motion sickness allows you to choose the most suitable form for a particular room. There are standard sizes and non-standard options.

For newborns, cribs are created with a berth of 120x60 cm and a height of side walls within 75-95 cm. Often, in such designs you can change the position of the mattress from the bottom (at the level of 30 cm from the base) to the top (50 cm, respectively). The length of standard models is most often 120-130 cm

Models of foreign production in most cases are more overall than domestic options. For example, models for newborns of German or Italian production have dimensions 125x65cm.

As for the shape of such furniture, rectangular designs prevail in the sale, but you can also find more original-looking oval and even round cribs. The advantages of rectangular models is that they are easy to fit into standard design city apartments and country houses. They can be used for a longer time, since the child even quite fits in such a bed. At the same time, a round bed with a swing mechanism is a short-lived option. It will be relevant until the child reaches six months of age. Then the bed will need to be replaced with a larger version.

The more original the shape and decor of the bed for the baby, the higher cost it will have. If necessary, you can make a custom shape or size model to order. The manufacturer will take into account all the wishes of the client, but you will have to pay several times more than when buying a standard model.

Swing mechanisms

Cribs for motion sickness of babies are equipped with a special mechanism - a pendulum, which allows you to swing only a place to sleep the child. However, it is important to understand that the swing mechanism itself can also be different.

Species diversity	Characteristic
With longitudinal movement	A fairly common option, which allows you to swing the place to sleep the baby along the crib. Such motion sickness mimics the process of motion sickness of the child in the arms of the parent.
With transverse pendulum	No less common option than a model with longitudinal movement. The swing mechanism makes the bed movable in the direction across the crib. The process of motion sickness of such a plan is an imitation of motion sickness in a cradle.
Universal pendulum	The mechanism works so that parents have the opportunity to change the direction of motion sickness of a berth depending on the need. Plus models of this nature in that the crib can be put anywhere in the apartment, and the child will not get used to the uniform movements.

On sale are also available children's beds with automatic swing, which can be programmed for a certain period of operation of the motion sickness mechanism. Such furniture is created using innovative technologies, so it can’t be cheap. But to use such a piece of furniture in a children's room will be extremely convenient, because there is no need to be present next to the crib in the process of motion sickness of the child.

Well, if the model with a pendulum is equipped with supports on wheels. Then the crib can be easily moved from one place in the room to another.

What to consider when choosing

When choosing a rocking crib, first of all, pay attention to the safety level of a particular model. The seller must certainly provide a quality certificate, instructions for using the product, as well as documents that confirm its safety.

The basic safety requirements for cribs of this plan are as follows:

materials used in the manufacturing process of the construction must be approved for use by children;
the model itself should not have sharp corners, rough or poorly processed surfaces, chips, cracks, abrasions. When children's pens come in contact with a poorly processed surface, you can get a splinter, a scratch;
all connections of the individual parts of the product must certainly be reliable, and preferably hidden;
the rocking bed should not have excessively small parts, decorative elements;
the design must stand firmly on the floor surface. Otherwise, during the game, the child may touch furniture and knock it over

Remember, you should not use a bed of such a plan for a long time, because with the growth of the baby, his physical activity increases. He starts to get up right in bed and can knock her over. If your child has already grown up enough, use the clamps on the legs of the product with a pendulum, and if you have a regular rocking model, just remove the runners.

It is also extremely important to understand how to assemble such furniture on your own, if you want to save on paying for the services of a professional assembler. To do this, carefully read the instructions from the manufacturer, study the assembly diagram, which should also be present in the instructions.